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Philadelphia honors black activist with City Hall statuehttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5540870-philadelphia-honors-black-activist-with-city-hall.html
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nearly 150 years after he was killed on the streets of his adopted hometown, Octavius Valentine Catto was honored by a crowd of hundreds gathered in Philadelphia on Tuesday for the unveiling of a statue in his honor.
The honor is the first such named tribute for an African-American on public land in Philadelphia and comes amid a nation...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:40:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5540870-philadelphia-honors-black-activist-with-city-hall.html2017-09-26T18:40:00ZMexico tallying the economic cost of big earthquakehttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5540784-mexico-tallying-economic-cost-big-earthquake.html
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials are tallying up the economic losses of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that caused widespread damage in the capital, as the number of buildings that may need to be pulled down or need major repairs rose to 500.
The death toll in the quake rose to 333, with 194 of those deaths in Mexico City. Authorities pledged a return t...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:31:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5540784-mexico-tallying-economic-cost-big-earthquake.html2017-09-26T17:31:00ZMore buildings, perhaps lives at risk following Mexico quakehttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5538186-buildings-lives-risk-mexico-quake.html
MEXICO CITY (AP) — As many as 360 buildings and homes are in danger of collapse or with major damage in Mexico City nearly a week after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake collapsed 38 structures. The risk of delayed collapse is real: The cupola of Our Lady of Angels Church, damaged and cracked by the Sept. 19 quake, split in half and crashed to the ground Sunday evening. There were...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:32:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5538186-buildings-lives-risk-mexico-quake.html2017-09-26T02:32:00ZThe Latest: Austin to honor federal immigration detainershttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5539934-latest-austin-to-honor-federal-immigration-detaine.html
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a federal appeals court allowing more of a Texas ban on "sanctuary cities" backed by the Trump administration take effect: (all times local): 6 p.m. A Texas sheriff who had declined to honor some requests to detain immigrants in local jails says that her county now will comply with all such requests from federal authorities.
...Mon, 25 Sep 2017 23:19:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5539934-latest-austin-to-honor-federal-immigration-detaine.html2017-09-25T23:19:00ZNew Alaska highway stripes are crooked, paint staining carshttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5539386-alaska-highway-stripes-crooked-paint-staining-cars.html
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — New yellow painted highway lines in the Alaska's Panhandle city of Ketchikan are crooked and the paint that's been used by state transportation officials has stained cars, officials said.
Among those affected was Ketchikan Gateway Borough Mayor David Landis, whose car ended up with yellow paint on it. "You come to expect having hi...Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:24:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5539386-alaska-highway-stripes-crooked-paint-staining-cars.html2017-09-25T16:24:00ZMyanmar officials: Insurgents killed 45 Hindu villagershttps://www.mail.com/news/world/5538354-myanmar-officials-insurgents-killed-45-hindu-villa.html
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar officials said Monday they have discovered at least 45 slain Hindus in three mass graves in the Southeast Asian country's conflict-torn northern Rakhine state. The government blames Muslim insurgents for the killings.
Two of the graves were found Sunday and contained the bodies of 20 females and eight males, Border Guard Pol...Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:03:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/world/5538354-myanmar-officials-insurgents-killed-45-hindu-villa.html2017-09-25T15:03:00ZVulnerable NJ Republican navigates messy Trump era politicshttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5538440-vulnerable-nj-republican-navigates-messy-trump-era.html
WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) — This is not President Donald Trump's dinner party. Republican Rep. Leonard Lance, standing in the middle of Ferraro's dimly lit restaurant dining room, says it's not necessary to build a wall along the entire U.S. border with Mexico. He raises concerns about the White House's promised tax overhaul. And he condemns the brash personalities that have come...Mon, 25 Sep 2017 09:12:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5538440-vulnerable-nj-republican-navigates-messy-trump-era.html2017-09-25T09:12:00ZThe Latest: Some refuse to return to Mexico police buildinghttps://www.mail.com/news/us/5536910-latest-refuse-to-return-to-mexico-police-building.html
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The latest on Mexico's earthquake (all times local): 6:25 p.m. Some workers at Mexico City's police headquarters are refusing to return to work at the downtown building because of suspected structural damage.
Administrative worker Mariana Ramirez said Sunday that she plans to go as far as the sidewa...Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:27:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/5536910-latest-refuse-to-return-to-mexico-police-building.html2017-09-24T23:27:00ZImmigrants touched by Mexico quake, try to help from afarhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5536470-immigrants-touched-mexico-quake-try-to-help-afar.html
LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Luis Ramirez finally reached his mother after the powerful Mexico earthquake, he learned her home was so badly damaged that it had to be demolished. He considered getting on a plane from New York to help her find a new home, but it was too risky now that the program that has been shielding him from deportation is being phased out. He tried to send money...Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:11:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5536470-immigrants-touched-mexico-quake-try-to-help-afar.html2017-09-24T23:11:00ZBlack lawmakers ponder Trump agenda at annual gatheringhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5537474-black-lawmakers-ponder-trump-agenda-annual-gatheri.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the campaign trail last year, then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sought the support of black voters by asking them, "What the hell do you have to lose?" An answer came during the Congressional Black Caucus' annual legislative conference this past week: Everything.
"We are losing essential freedoms," s...Sun, 24 Sep 2017 19:47:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5537474-black-lawmakers-ponder-trump-agenda-annual-gatheri.html2017-09-24T19:47:00ZOfficial: Hurricane Maria set Puerto Rico back decadeshttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5537336-official-hurricane-maria-set-puerto-rico-decades.html
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's nonvoting representative in the U.S. Congress said Sunday that Hurricane Maria's destruction has set the island back decades, even as authorities worked to assess the extent of the damage.
"The devastation in Puerto Rico has set us back nearly 20 to 30 years," said Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonz...Sun, 24 Sep 2017 19:06:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5537336-official-hurricane-maria-set-puerto-rico-decades.html2017-09-24T19:06:00ZAid begins to flow to hurricane-hit Puerto Ricohttps://www.mail.com/scitech/news/5535004-aid-to-flow-to-hurricane-hit-puerto-rico.html
GUAJATACA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Large amounts of federal aid have begun moving into Puerto Rico, welcomed by local officials who praised the Trump administration's response but called for the emergency loosening of rules long blamed for condemning the U.S. territory to second-class status.
In northwest Puerto Rico, people began returning to their homes Satu...Sun, 24 Sep 2017 15:12:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/scitech/news/5535004-aid-to-flow-to-hurricane-hit-puerto-rico.html2017-09-24T15:12:00ZThe Latest: Carolinas, Mid-Atlantic should watch Mariahttps://www.mail.com/scitech/news/5535500-latest-carolinas-mid-atlantic-watch-maria.html
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Latest on Maria (all times local): 4:55 p.m. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says people along the Carolinas and the Mid-Atlantic coasts should watch the progress of Maria.
The storm is about 285 miles (460 kilometers) east of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas. The hurricane center ...Sat, 23 Sep 2017 21:00:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/scitech/news/5535500-latest-carolinas-mid-atlantic-watch-maria.html2017-09-23T21:00:00ZState of Missouri lands at center of racial conflict _ againhttps://www.mail.com/news/us/5535354-missouri-lands-center-racial-conflict-_.html
Missouri is again at the center of a racially charged conflict after a judge acquitted a white former St. Louis police officer of first-degree murder in the death of a black drug suspect. The Sept. 15 verdict provoked angry protests in a state still not fully recovered from the unrest that followed the 2014 death of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old shot by a white officer ...Sat, 23 Sep 2017 18:13:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/5535354-missouri-lands-center-racial-conflict-_.html2017-09-23T18:13:00ZThis week in odd news: Hitchhiking raccoon; Teen has 2 aceshttps://www.mail.com/sports/other/5535044-this-week-odd-news-hitchhiking-raccoon-teen-2-aces.html
RACCOON JUMPS ON MOVING COLORADO POLICE VAN, TAKES A RIDE
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado Springs police officer heading to an accident scene in a van got a big surprise when a raccoon jumped onto the front windshield of the vehicle and stayed there until the officer pulled over.
The Denver Post reports (http://...Sat, 23 Sep 2017 11:19:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/sports/other/5535044-this-week-odd-news-hitchhiking-raccoon-teen-2-aces.html2017-09-23T11:19:00ZDam failing as scope of Puerto Rico's disaster becomes clearhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5532456-dam-failing-scope-puerto-ricos-disaster-clear.html
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people downstream of a failing dam and said they could not reach more than half the towns in the U.S. territory as the massive scale of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Maria started to become clear on Friday.
Government spokesman Carlos Bermudez said that officia...Sat, 23 Sep 2017 01:34:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5532456-dam-failing-scope-puerto-ricos-disaster-clear.html2017-09-23T01:34:00ZTexas asks court to allow its ban on 'sanctuary cities'https://www.mail.com/news/politics/5532542-texas-asks-court-to-allow-ban-sanctuary-cities.html
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With immigrants and their advocates chanting and beating drums outside, a federal appeals court heard arguments Friday on whether it should allow a Texas law aimed at combatting "sanctuary cities" to immediately take effect.
Under the law, Texas police chiefs could face removal from office and criminal charges for not complying with fed...Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:01:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5532542-texas-asks-court-to-allow-ban-sanctuary-cities.html2017-09-22T23:01:00ZCouncil member gives opponent ABC (already been chewed) gumhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5533048-council-member-opponent-abc-already-chewed-gum.html
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis City Council member has given one of her opponents something to chew over — a piece of chewed gum. Twenty-year incumbent Lisa Goodman took the gum out of her mouth and handed it to challenger Teqen Zea-Aida before the start of a candidate forum Tuesday.
Goodman asked Zea-Aida: "Would you take my gum, ple...Fri, 22 Sep 2017 13:30:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5533048-council-member-opponent-abc-already-chewed-gum.html2017-09-22T13:30:00ZThe Latest: Trump speaks with Puerto Rico governorhttps://www.mail.com/scitech/news/5530180-latest-trump-speaks-with-puerto-rico-governor.html
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Maria (all times local): 9:55 p.m. The White House says President Donald Trump has spoken with the governors of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Trump said earlier Thursday that Puerto Rico was "absolutely obliterated" and the Virgin Islands were "flattened"...Fri, 22 Sep 2017 06:34:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/scitech/news/5530180-latest-trump-speaks-with-puerto-rico-governor.html2017-09-22T06:34:00ZCivil rights commission: Discrimination risk in city fineshttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5531916-civil-rights-commission-discrimination-risk-city-f.html
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Thursday said the Justice Department should continue an Obama administration effort to rein in abuses in the use of court fees and fines by municipalities because it can have a discriminatory impact against poor minorities.
The commission issued a report saying that poor people and minorities are some...Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:51:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5531916-civil-rights-commission-discrimination-risk-city-f.html2017-09-21T22:51:00ZNew potential burden for Houston homeowners: higher taxeshttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5531498-potential-burden-houston-homeowners-higher-taxes.html
HOUSTON (AP) — As Houston recovers from Harvey's devastating flooding, many homeowners could be asked to shoulder an added financial burden: higher taxes on the same houses they are struggling to rebuild.
Mayor Sylvester Turner has proposed a one-time increase in the city's property tax rate to help pay for mounting hurricane expenses, particularly the co...Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:50:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5531498-potential-burden-houston-homeowners-higher-taxes.html2017-09-21T20:50:00ZMaria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Ricohttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5527530-maria-destroys-homes-triggers-flooding-puerto-rico.html
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and turned some streets into raging rivers Wednesday in an onslaught that could plunge the U.S. territory deeper into financial crisis.
Leaving at least nine people dead in its wake across th...Thu, 21 Sep 2017 06:33:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5527530-maria-destroys-homes-triggers-flooding-puerto-rico.html2017-09-21T06:33:00ZMexico quake rescuers struggle to free girl, other survivorshttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5527142-mexico-quake-rescuers-struggle-to-free-girl-surviv.html
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The wiggling fingers of a young girl trapped in the rubble of her collapsed school in Mexico City raised hopes and prodded rescuers to work furiously hour after hour Wednesday in a delicate effort trying to free her from unstable debris — a drama that played out at dozens of buildings toppled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 245 people.
...Thu, 21 Sep 2017 04:45:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5527142-mexico-quake-rescuers-struggle-to-free-girl-surviv.html2017-09-21T04:45:00ZThe Latest: Mexico City mayor puts capital quake toll at 115https://www.mail.com/news/us/5527200-latest-mexico-city-mayor-puts-capital-quake-toll-1.html
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The latest on a major earthquake that has struck Mexico (all times local): 11:35 p.m. Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera says a total of 115 people have died in the capital following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that shook the capital and nearby states.
That would bring the nationwide death toll...Thu, 21 Sep 2017 04:39:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/5527200-latest-mexico-city-mayor-puts-capital-quake-toll-1.html2017-09-21T04:39:00ZNew St. Louis mayor navigates racial strife after acquittalhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5529082-st-louis-mayor-navigates-racial-strife-acquittal.html
ST. LOUIS (AP) — After defeating several black candidates, the new white mayor of St. Louis is carefully navigating racial strife that culminated in days of protest over the acquittal of a white former police officer who fatally shot a black suspect.
Lyda Krewson watched as her city and some suburbs filled for days with thousands of protesters angry at th...Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:11:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5529082-st-louis-mayor-navigates-racial-strife-acquittal.html2017-09-20T22:11:00Z226 killed as 7.1 magnitude quake fells buildings in Mexicohttps://www.mail.com/news/us/5525952-226-killed-71-magnitude-quake-fells-buildings-mexi.html
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A powerful earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing buildings in plumes of dust and killing at least 226 people. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped.
Dozens of buildings tumbled into mounds of rubble or were severely damaged in densely populated parts of Mexico City and ne...Wed, 20 Sep 2017 06:19:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/5525952-226-killed-71-magnitude-quake-fells-buildings-mexi.html2017-09-20T06:19:00ZThe Latest: Death toll rises to 226 from Mexico earthquakehttps://www.mail.com/news/us/5525976-latest-death-toll-rises-to-226-mexico-earthquake.html
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The latest on the strong earthquake that hit Mexico City (all times local): 12:55 a.m. Mexico's civil defense agency says the death toll has risen to 226 from Tuesday's magnitude 7.1 earthquake that knocked down dozens of buildings in Mexico City and nearby states.
The official Twitter feed of agenc...Wed, 20 Sep 2017 06:01:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/5525976-latest-death-toll-rises-to-226-mexico-earthquake.html2017-09-20T06:01:00ZImmigrant hurricane victims turn to churches amid fearhttps://www.mail.com/scitech/news/5527100-immigrant-hurricane-victims-turn-to-churches-amid.html
HOUSTON (AP) — Immigrants came from across Houston to a Baptist church gymnasium and stacked dollies with boxes of cereal, orange juice and household necessities like cleaning bleach. For many of them, the church was the safest place to seek relief after Harvey devastated Houston and left thousands of immigrants fearful of turning to the government for help amid fears they w...Wed, 20 Sep 2017 05:24:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/scitech/news/5527100-immigrant-hurricane-victims-turn-to-churches-amid.html2017-09-20T05:24:00ZSessions: Sanctuary cities undermine law's moral authorityhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5526754-sessions-sanctuary-cities-undermine-laws-moral-aut.html
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday criticized sanctuary cities that try to protect immigrants in the country illegally as places that "undermine the moral authority of the law."
He made the comments a day after the Trump administration appealed a judge's ruling blocking its efforts to withhold money from the cities. Sessi...Wed, 20 Sep 2017 02:02:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5526754-sessions-sanctuary-cities-undermine-laws-moral-aut.html2017-09-20T02:02:00ZRohingya Muslims are being wiped off Myanmar's maphttps://www.mail.com/news/world/5526014-rohingya-muslims-wiped-myanmars-map.html
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, the minority ethnic group is being wiped off the map. After a series of attacks by Muslim militants last month, security forces and allied mobs retaliated by burning down thousands of Rohingya homes in the predominantly Buddhist nation.
...Tue, 19 Sep 2017 20:58:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/world/5526014-rohingya-muslims-wiped-myanmars-map.html2017-09-19T20:58:00Z